Clothesline reel



Oct. 13, 1931. G. H. REIMER 1,827,439

CLOTHESLINE REEL Filed April 1,8, 19279 imitated o'ayis, 1931/] yerneuern Rnmmmor FULTON,y 1LL1No1s,pAs`-s1noriro.riezrniurluovnnrnormaux;

- UNITED STATES n cLo'rHEsLrNElRnL- h f Appucatinmea April 1s,

rlhis invention relates'to clothesl line reels Y of the kind that are i commonly used in kitchens, or other rooms of dwellings or buildings,and which are sometimes used outdoors.

5,'.` f Gene-rally stated, the 'obj ect of the invention l is to provide afclothes line" reel of thiskind 15 it is also an object in which means are provided for detachably hooking the reelonto la doorknob, the back of a chair, the limb of atree or othe'robject,

and having a double cord wound on thereel,

whereby this cord may be looped Varound a c chair or table or other object, thusspreading j the twol lines apart, and facilitating the hang- L ing of the clothes thereon.

to providefcertain tails and features of construction tending to increase the general efficiency and the desirability of a clothes line reel of this particular' f character. v

necting end wall 4 at the other side, the wallf` 4 being composedzof two flat sections bent together and provided with end portions. 5 havo ing the hollow rivet 6 through which. the hook( is inserted at one end,'this hook being Vthus-pivoted on the lreel and being of such" size and vshape that it'maybehookedover ay door knob or theback of a chair, theY limb'of i handle and drum, said line-being inserted beo tween 'portions of said wire atV the Amiddle a tree or other similar `:support'or-'object The rotary reel proper/comprises the Wirey members 8, whichare bent into shape to provide a handle or vcrank 9, and to y'provide rotary shaft-like member whichis provided openings in the disks 2-previouslymentioned.

y* f .atl its outer end, and extends lbetween lthemern- Y Vbers8 at 12, and isjknotted'at 13,' as shown'.l

- The V two strands ofthe line extend through]k with rigidround portions 10 whichrotate in Y The clothes line 11 iis in the form of ,a loop,

liolesllf EEipreviously tioned, these'zholes servingfras lguidesfor* the line.

znluse, theihook can be'hookedl overadoor yknob or otherfobject,andthe two strands of tlielineifllfcan then belspreadV apart and looped varoi-indffa chair or table,l or other ob-.V jectgthus providing twolines for the clothesVv v vto be hunglu'ponrf Whenthe yreel is not infuse, thelinei upi by'revolvingl the; handle 9: untilfthe two strands offthe line are vwound upon the 4meinc bers 8r constituting-'fthe axle or drum of ithe. l o reel; in;a:'man'r'i'ery v that 'will/be readily kundeff 4Thus the used either indoors or`outdoors, and invarious ways,v` by hooking it tok variousthin-gs,r andA Vby looping'ir fthe'v line around various object. f f Y What Iclaim as my Vinvention is: l. Ina clothes line reel, .means and unwound therefrom, at one side ofthe back of a chairor the limb of a tree or other support, shaped to thus obviate the necessity ofa special supportvfor the reel, said line being double to@ permit looping thereof reel does notfhave tobefastened in oneplaceeverytimeg.laslto axed hook ory i yring or other. device'secured Vin a fixed place onta wall. To the contrary, thereel can be,`V4r

, farming a', body therefor, meansfforminga rotary drum or.y axle having-"a crank handle atone end' thereof ,ra.` clothes line'attachedrto said axle or drumand operative to be wound thereon l around some' object, said'drum handle comprising wire bent intoshape to provide the of the drum. f v

In a clothes line reel, means forming a y' body therefor, means forming a rotary.` drum or aXIG'h-aV-Ilg a Crank handle abone'fnd Vthereof, "aiclothes'linesjattached to said axle or drum and operative'tobewoundthereon c site at thek otherV side" adapted for 'detachably hookingthe reel onto a door knob or the back of a chair or the limb of a tree or other support, shaped to thus obviate the necessity of a special support for the reel, said line being double to permitv looping thereof around some object, said body having sepa* rate holes for said line at-one side thereof, forming guides for the line, said body having end portions secured together at said other side, 'forming a hole for said hooking means. Y

3. In a clothes line reel, means forming a body, means forming `a rotary drum and Y handle mounted to rotate in said body, aYAY double line attached to said drum-, with a loop at the outer end of the line, whereby the line can be looped around an object to provide tWo sepa-rate lines spacedv or spread apart, the inner ends of the line being secured together, at one side of'the drum, the

drum having an opening through Which eX- tend oppositely both portions of the line. i

4. In `a clothes line reel,means forming a body, and a Wire bent back upon itself-to provide a rotary double portion forming the k axle or 'drum of the reel, andto provide a handle comprising parallel portions of the Wire, together with a double line attached with its tWo portions extending oppositely between the Wires at the middle of thev drum.

Speeication signed this fifteenth day of April, i929. i- Y f GEORGE H. REIMER. 

